"NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   By December 15, 2008, the emergency medical services and trauma care steering committee established in RCW 70.168.020 shall recommend to the governor and the legislature whether or not emergency medical technicians should be authorized to carry and administer glucagon emergency kits. The committee may appoint a work group from its membership as well as other individuals with expertise that the committee deems relevant to assist it with its recommendation. The work group shall base its recommendation on existing data regarding the need for glucagon administered by emergency medical services personnel, the risks associated with improper administration, and the approximate education and training costs associated with preparing emergency medical technicians to carry and administer glucagon emergency kits.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 70.168 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) By January 1, 2010, the department shall establish training standards and the state's medical program directors shall adopt protocols pertaining to the use and administration of a patient's own glucagon emergency kit.
     (2) After July 1, 2010, emergency medical technicians may administer a patient's own glucagon emergency kit in accordance with the training standards and protocols developed in subsection (1) of this section.
     (3) Nothing in this section authorizes the administration of glucagon emergency kits by a first responder.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3   Section 1 of this act expires January 1, 2009."